John 10:17 BSB — MannaFest

John 10:17

The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

KJV

Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 6 (444)

If we see ourselves in our own child, we are drawn to an intensity of love whenever we see that child. In the same way, I think God the Father is said to love his own Son, who lays down his own life for us and takes it again. For it is a work of love to have chosen to suffer—and to suffer shamefully—for the salvation of some.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

I lay down my life that I may take it again - I cheerfully die to expiate the sins of men, to the end I may rise again for their justification.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Therefore doth my Father love me, that is, me, and all that by faith become one with me; me, and the mystical body, because I lay down my life. [ b. ] That his laying down his life was in order to his resuming it: I lay down my life, that I may receive it again. First, This was the effect of his Father's love, and the first step of his exaltation, the fruit of that love.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It is the riches and the poverty of "the Word made flesh"--one glorious Person reaching at once up to the Throne and down even to the dust of death, "that we might live through Him." A candid interpretation of the words, "for the sheep," ought to go far to establish the special relation of the vicarious death of Christ to the Church.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διὰ	dia	Because of	G1223 →
τοῦτό	touto	this	G3778 →
με	me	Me	G3165 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πατὴρ	patēr	Father	G3962 →
ἀγαπᾷ	agapa	loves	G25 →
ὅτι	hoti	because	G3754 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
τίθημι	tithēmi	lay down	G5087 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ψυχήν	psuchēn	life	G5590 →
μου,	mou	of Mine,	G3165 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
πάλιν	palin	again	G3825 →
λάβω	labō	I may take	G2983 →
αὐτήν.	autēn	it.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
leads to
- Psalms 23:1
  The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- John 10:14–15
  I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
- John 15:13
  Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- Isaiah 40:11
  He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
Through
Hebrews 2:9
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death…
leads to
- Philippians 2:7–9
  but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
- Revelation 5:9
  And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
Through
John 10:18
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received…
leads to
- Titus 2:14
  He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.